Avalanche kills 5 soldiers on military exercise

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Avalance in the French Alps killed five soldiers Monday on a training exercise, authorities said

Last week, two students and a Ukrainian skier were killed by an avalanche

(CNN)Five soldiers were killed in an avalanche Monday while taking part in military training in the French Alps, a representative of the prefecture of Savoy told CNN.

Four other soldiers were injured when they were swept away, and two are being treated for hypothermia.

All of the victims are from southeast France's 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment of Saint-Christol and were among 50 soldiers taking part in a high-mountain exercise near Valfrejus, just a few kilometers from the Italian border.

The accident comes just four days after another deadly avalanche in the Alps.